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Using markers
Editing markers on the Marker track
The following editing functions can be performed directly
on the Marker track:
• Adding position markers “on the fly”.
Use the [Insert] key (Win) or the “Add Marker” button in the Track list for
the Marker track to add position markers at the current cursor position
during playback.
• Adding a cycle marker at the left and right locator posi-
tions.
Clicking the “Add Cycle Marker” button in the Track list for the Marker
track adds a cycle marker spanning the area between the left and right
locator.
• Selecting markers.
You can use standard selection techniques like dragging to make a se-
lection rectangle, or use [Shift] to select separate markers.
• Drawing position markers.
By using the Pencil tool (or pressing [Alt]/[Option] and using the Arrow
tool), you can create or “draw” position marker events at any position on
the track. If snap is activated on the toolbar, this determines at which po-
sitions you can draw markers.
• Drawing cycle markers.
To draw a cycle marker range, press [Ctrl]/[Command] and use the Pen-
cil tool or the Arrow tool. Snap settings are applied if activated.
Ö Cycle markers can freely overlap.
• Resizing a cycle marker.
Select a cycle marker by clicking on it. Two handles appear at the bottom
of the start and end events. If you click and hold one of the handles you
can drag the event left or right to resize the cycle marker. This can also
be done numerically on the info line.
• Moving markers.
Click and drag to move the selected markers or edit marker positions on
the info line. As usual, snap is taken into account if activated.
• Removing markers.
This is done exactly the same way as for other events, i.e. by selecting
them and pressing [Delete], using the Erase tool etc.
• Naming markers.
A selected marker’s name can be edited on the info line.
Navigating using cycle markers
Cycle markers represent ranges rather than single posi-
tions. Therefore you don’t use them for moving the project
cursor, but for moving the left and right locators:
• If you double-click on a cycle marker or select it from
the Cycle pop-up menu in the Track list, the left and right
locators are moved to encompass the cycle marker.
To move the project cursor position to the start or the end of the cycle
marker, move it to the corresponding locator (e.g. by using the numeric
pad keys [1] and [2]).
• You can also use key commands for this – see “Marker
key commands” on page 110.
Zooming to cycle markers
• By selecting a cycle marker on the Zoom pop-up menu,
the event display is zoomed in to encompass the selected
range only (see the section “Zoom presets and Cycle mar-
kers” on page 38).
You can also do this by pressing [Alt]/[Option] and double-clicking on
the cycle marker in the event display.
Editing cycle markers using tools
Cycle markers can be edited on the Marker track using the
following tools (Snap applies as usual):
The other tools cannot be used with cycle markers.
Add Marker/Add Cycle Marker buttons
Tool Use
Pencil Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and use the Pencil tool to create
new cycle markers (as described above).
Eraser Click with the Eraser tool to delete a cycle marker. If you
hold down [Alt]/[Option] when you click, all consecutive
markers will also be deleted.
Selection
Range
This is described in the following section.